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Subject: Re: redesign of ifqueue in ALTQ
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Garrett Wollman wrote:
> <<On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 13:45:44 +0900, Kenjiro Cho <kjc@csl.sony.co.jp> said:
> > The new model removes direct references to the fields
> > within ifp->if_snd, and defines the following macros to manipulate
> > ifp-> if_snd:
> 
> I tried to do this about four years ago, and was stymied by an
> important driver's (mis-)use of the interface queue structure for its
> own internal record-keeping.  

Complex drivers (e.g., de) are hard to convert.  But this approach
allows the old-style drivers to coexist so that we can start with
easier drivers.
Good news is that Bill Paul's drivers are much easier to convert.

> Best of luck in making this work.

Thanks for your support!

-Kenjiro


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